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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
545 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST 
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WHILE MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION DEVELOPED OVER 
SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS. TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING 
RANGED FROM THE LOWER 20S UP NORTH TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK IN FAR 
SOUTHERN PORTIONS.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL OVERALL SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH 
THE DAY TODAY...WHILE CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA WILL 
SEE AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY INTO THIS EVENING. 
TEMPERATURES OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL REMAIN AT OR 
BELOW THE FREEZING MARK WHILE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL HAVE 
TEMPERATURES RISE TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S BEFORE DROPPING BACK DOWN 
BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING.

EXCEPT FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WHICH WILL REMAIN MOSTLY DEVOID OF 
PRECIPITATION...SNOW WILL BE SEEN STATEWIDE...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE 
HEAVY AT TIMES FROM CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE SNOW 
WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS 
WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES FROM WEST CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST 
MINNESOTA...WITH AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE OVER EAST CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. AMOUNTS THEN DROP OFF 
TO 3 INCHES OR LESS FOR FAR NORTHERN AND FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...BRINGING A 
RESPITE FROM THE WINTRY WEATHER. HOWEVER...THE BREAK WILL BE SHORT 
AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH 
FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL AGAIN BRING A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET FOR 
MUCH OF THE STATE.

WHILE TEMPERATURES REMAIN FAIRLY MILD THROUGH FRIDAY...A SURGE OF 
COLDER CANADIAN AIR BEHIND THE LATE WEEK SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER 
ROUND OF COLD WINTRY AIR TO THE STATE. HIGHS OVER THE WEEKEND ARE 
EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE TEENS AND 20S WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE 
DIGITS.

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